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Media Type: Cartoons (Commentary)
Source: Print and Picture Collection
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"In 1925, after making public charges that millions of tax dollars were being lost through the favorable treatment of large corporations by the Bureau, Senator James Couzens[, of Michigan,] was notified by the Bureau that he owed more than $10 million in back taxes. Then Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon was believed to be personally responsible for the retaliation against Senator Couzens."
"Mellon's audit of Progressive Senator Couzens, of Michigan, was a political error. The Board of Tax Appeals not only sided with Couzens; it said that the government ozed him $900,000 for overpayment."
Folsom, Burton W. The Myth of the Robber Barons: A New Look at the Rise of Big Business in America. 6th ed. Herndon, Va.: Young America's Foundation, 2010. Print.
"History of the Joint Committee." About the Joint Committee on Taxation. The Joint Committee on Taxation. Web. 6 Mar. 2015. https://www.jct.gov/about-us/history.html.
Creator Name: Sykes, Charles Henry, 1882-1942 - Artist